Man arrested and shotguns seized as armed police called to home in Odo Road, Dover
14:54, 23 April 2022
updated: 19:07, 23 April 2022
Two shotguns have been seized after armed police stormed a house in Dover.
Officers were called to a disturbance at an address in Odo Road at around midnight.
A man in his 40s, who was known to the resident, was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.
Police say no threats were made.
Following a search of the house, two shotguns were seized and inquiries into the circumstances are ongoing.
A resident nearby describes how they were woken up by police shouting.
The said: "They pulled up very quietly in four cars travelling in both directions and met in the middle and shouted very loudly that they were armed and that he was ordered to come outside.
"There were at least four officers with guns pointing at the house.
"They left somewhere between 3.30am and 4am."
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